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Rick Nowels

American songwriter and record producer
Person human Q3431589

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[7]
Date of birth
March 16, 1960
Place of birth
Los Altos
Country of citizenship
United States[6]
Occupation
composer, songwriter, record producer
Genre
pop music[8]
Official website
ricknowels.com[12]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[14]
Copyright representative
PRS for Music[17]
Family name
Wright, Nowels[9][10]
Generational suffix
L252247-F2
Given name
Richard[11]
Instrument
guitar[13]
Name in native language
Richard Wright Nowels Jr.[15]
P14750
3366-86F4-27D6-C373-5454[18]
Start of work period
1980[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en Rick Nowels en Richard Nowels Jr. en Richard Wright Nowels Jr. cs Richard Nowels es Richard Wright Nowels Jr fa ریک نوولز he ריק נואלס ja リック・ノウェルズ ru Ноуэлс, Рик ru Рик Ноуэлс uk Рік Ноуелс zh 瑞克·諾威爾斯 zh 里克·諾埃爾斯 zh 里克·諾爾斯 zh 里克·諾維斯
🔖 Identifiers · 24
VIAF cluster ID
300446927
Library of Congress authority ID
no00059242
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Rick Nowels songwriter.jpeg ↗
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000297624
CONOR.SI ID
271967331
Discogs artist ID
67614
Europeana entity
agent/base/67055
Freebase ID
/m/03k0yw
GTAA ID
1382125
Grammy Awards artist ID
rick-nowels, rick-nowels/5119
IMDb ID
nm0637414
IPI name number
00085607261, 00587851298
Show all 24 identifiers +12
Kinobox person ID
1007251
MusicBrainz artist ID
035bc391-d7dd-4a68-8321-fa1e02697fc8
Myspace ID
ricknowels
NL CR AUT ID
xx0101450
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007335862305171
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810662269505606
Offizielle Deutsche Charts person ID
1866
Quora topic ID
Rick-Nowels
Rate Your Music artist ID
rick_nowels
SecondHandSongs artist ID
4953
Songwriters Hall of Fame ID
rick_nowels
Spotify artist ID
51fFClJbWvZ0ttMJMKtQ0p

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🔗 Connections
Mb:writer 90
The Power of Good-Bye, The Power of Good-Bye, Heaven Is a Place on Earth, Heaven Is a Place on Earth, Dark Paradise, Dark Paradise, Love, Love +82 more
← Producer 34
Born to Die, Ultraviolence, Norman Fucking Rockwell!, Heaven Is a Place on Earth, Living Proof, Love, Here with Me, Lust for Life +26 more
Mb:composer 28
Summertime Sadness, Summertime Sadness, Young and Beautiful, Young and Beautiful, White Flag, White Flag, I Follow Rivers, I Follow Rivers +20 more
Mb:lyricist 18
Summertime Sadness, Summertime Sadness, Young and Beautiful, Young and Beautiful, Inner Smile, Inner Smile, Everytime It Rains, Everytime It Rains +10 more
← Lyricist 10
Summertime Sadness, The Power of Good-Bye, Young and Beautiful, Heaven Is a Place on Earth, West Coast, Lost in Your Light, Coachella - Woodstock In My Mind, Art Deco +2 more
Compositions 5
Summertime Sadness, Young and Beautiful, Tropico, I Turn to You, One and One
Occupation 3
composer, record producer, songwriter
Copyright representative 1
PRS for Music
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Family name 1
Wright
Genre 1
pop music
Given name 1
Richard
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
guitar
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Mb:married 1
Maria Vidal
Place of birth 1
Los Altos
Sex or gender 1
male
← Category combines topics 1
Category:Albums produced by Rick Nowels
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Summary

Rick Nowels's place of birth was Los Altos[1]. He was born on March 16, 1960[2]. He worked as a composer[3], songwriter[4], and record producer[5].

FAQs

Where was Rick Nowels born?

Rick Nowels was born in Los Altos[1].

What did Rick Nowels do for work?

Rick Nowels worked as composer[3], songwriter[4], and record producer[5].

Related Entities

United States

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  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 29d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 3366-86F4-27D6-C373-5454
    Place of birth → Los Altos
    Family name → Wright, Nowels
    Sitelink count → 14
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